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Dr. Jonathan Song received his Chinese Medicine degree (OMD) in 1983 from Zhejiang College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a western medicine degree in 1988 from Peking Union Medical College, the top medical college in China.Read more...

The Beijing Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine clinic has been serving the greater Madison area since 1997. The clinic provides both acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine treatments. Working in the clinic are senior acupuncturists and Chinese herbal medicine physicians: Dr. Leaf Song and Dr. Jonathan Song. Read More...

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